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They bask in life because they’re ignorant - acceptance is the shadow of ignorance. I’ve attempted to fake ignorance for months, now, but somewhere, somewhere in my soul doesn’t allow me to let go of my awareness. Somewhere, somewhere, festering in the back of my mind, I k...

Nadine Gordimer “share[d] the fear of [Nelson] Mandela;” that South Africa “[would] stay only halfway to freedom,” and like Mandela, Gordimer strived to conquer her fears (Dreifus, “Nadine Gordimer”). Nadine Gordimer’s collection of literary works represent the psychology, humanity, ...

One: The smartest action was to flee, But, she was a knowledge addict. He saw the chance to manipulate, And tricked the fear to dissipate. Why, why did this man have power? To inflict her with inner chaos? She gave him the deed her her heart. “Someday, we’ll never be apart.” She took...

When he was born, he was a whole. There was the center, and the branches, The legs, the arms; the head connected everything. That is, until he was walking down the shores of the sea which he had made a tradition to walk upon. When the waters roared upwards, They roared closer to him than wha...

It had always been his dream to fly; his reason? He was jealous of the birds. Those carefree, fluttering mongrels spending their days with their feathered wings flapping through the skies with no purpose nor care, just contentment. They will never be as great as me, so why can I not do what...

The brisk jays do not know glass panes Know how to snap their neck, And the spiders meandering under the door Face death for the petty trek. For when the mouse makes an abode for herself Her meals are death in disguise. Not every being receives the chance to live, Even though we all get to ...

My parents are standing in front of me with the same grins, the same intense, large eyes, the same wide arms, and offer to pull me in for an embrace. Am I missing something when they tell me they will love me for all eternity? What is wrong? What does wrong even mean? What am I missing?
My teach...

I never thought I would shed so many tears on waiting for a text message.
love
l?v/
noun
1.an intense feeling of deep affection.
What? Love doesn’t have anything to do with closeness, with warmth, or with touch? Why is the definition so bland, so blank, so interpretable?
Shouldn’t ther...

The eyes on my face weren't exactly blue-- they were almost clear, like water restrained within a glass. I was restrained within a glass. My long, blonde hair laid on my shoulders, sleek like the silk one would find dangling from the pajamas of a queen. I was the clothing on the body of a diffe...

“Do you want a big cookie?” Billy asked.
“Yes!” I yelped. “Those ones over there? The pizza sized ones?” He grasped my hand and led me over to the cookie shop in the Little Rock Mall in Arkansas. Even though I had already filled my stomach with assorted goodies throughout the day, I s...

I don't remember your name,
Or your appearance,
But I'll never forget your soul.
I saw you for a single day.
We stood under the roaring sky,
scattered raindrops fell to and fro.
You said to me "When it rains, I will stand over you."
It was raining tears when I stood over y...

The plunging corners of your mouth-- that's my deepest fear.
Your frown is relentless; I loathe the view of it on your face.
Slowly but surely I work to pry back the levels of your soul,
But what hides in plain sight, your lips; they are your soul's base.
Oh, how they move in mystery...

My archfiends are embedded under my angel skin,
Bathing in my veins to hinder blood flow to my heart
They twist and manifest into my darkness and desire
We cannot be forcefully pulled apart
One is shaped like a man, his only name is Anger
His voice is violent ocean waves on jagged rock
His...

I wish I could mourn for you,
Because I know that's ethical,
But what I really feel for you,
Is strictly inexpressible.
I've seen pictures--heard stories,
Heard your voice once or twice.
You were a cruel, Christian woman.
You were a mother and a wife.
I miss you, I assume.
I liked...

If the tip breaks from the pencil,
There's tension in my chest
Because I drench paper with spirit,
And my heart's address.
I'm the president of my mind,
And the queen of my heart
So I can announce where to stop,
And declare where to start.
Since my head is a battlefield
Poun...

Two doves embrace
In treetops above
Standing still face to face
Undeniably in love
Two doves stay together
Through the thick and thin
Entwining with each other's feathers
Dreaming of bearing kin
Two doves notice things
Fate running wrong
Tighter yet they tuck their wings
Trying t...

Those who live in vanity,
Please ponder significance.
Bodies, old and young, die
Don't live in arrogance.
Souls shine the brightest
Because legacy is erased.
The light within one
Cannot be replaced.
All one will leave behind
Are the souls that one affects.
Significance is the live...

A rich note was carried on the autumn breeze,
The note; a symbol cradling letters.
This magic was carried on the autumn breeze,
phantom warmth, transparent pleasure.
~
One can feel it without their fingers--
Without physical signature.
One can love it unconditionally
No matter the music prac...

On March 23, 1776, Patrick Henry delivered a persuasive, either-or speech that harnesses counterfactual logos to persuade the delegates to fight against British control. He states that there are two options, “freedom or slavery”, in which the delegates must pick from. This weak logic creates a f...

In Martin Luther King’s letters written in a Birmingham jail, he uses Aristotelian appeals to 8 clergymen by addressing ethos, logos, and pathos in order to move the people of America. King takes a crucial step to change the minds of these clergymen as well as America by breaking down what they st...

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, a partially fictionalized play interpretation of the Salem witch trials, was written to resemble the American government’s actions during the Red Scare, Mccarthy’s “witch hunts” for communists committing traitorous acts within the government. As The Crucible b...

The United States government may not wish to admit the factors behind the declination of America’s inner workings, but it's practically impossible for the people to disregard drastic changes. Human-rights violations, economical disturbances, governmental corruption, and other significant issu...

Gun control propositions have been on the rise, resulting in a debate about what’s to become of gun violence in the United States. Some say that too many criminals purchase guns legally, but a criminal is a person of, involving, or having the nature of crime. Banning guns legally will only make ro...